Where should I go in central Italy for the best museums and sites for Etruscan ruins?
Posted by
Seattle, WA
1317 posts
Orvieto also has quite a bit for such a small town. And it's an easy train ride from Rome, if that's where you'll be.
Posted by
bergamo
401 posts
Cerveteri is one of the best. I didn't go to the museum but I did go see all the Etruscan tombs, they let you walk around them and also go inside them. It was a very pretty place and not too far from Rome either, you just head up the Via Aurelia.
Posted by
Centennial, CO, USA
1883 posts
Volterra has a wonderful museum.
Posted by
Bromley, Kent,, UK
1829 posts
This site has a suggested route around the various sites in Northern Lazio. We enjoyed our visits to Tarquinia and Viterbo.
http://www.italytraveller.com/en/i/in-lazio-on-the-trail-of-the-etruscans
Posted by
Atlanta
3250 posts
In addition to Orvieto and Volterra, Cortona has a great Etruscan Museum.
Posted by
Florida, USA
12172 posts
Orvieto had some Etruscan era remnants. The tombs Claire suggests are on my must see for the next time in the area.
Posted by
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
207 posts
I'm with Sharon, Cortona has not only a great Etruscan museum, but there are ruins everywhere in the area...George